The Compromise of 1850 established all of the following statutes except ________.

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The Compromise of 1850 included the admission of California as a free state, passage of a stronger Fugitive Slave Act, and the organization of the Utah and New Mexico territories with their slavery question to be decided by popular sovereignty — it did not mandate that New Mexico be admitted as a slave state.

Relevant knowledge points and concepts:
- The Compromise of 1850 was a package of bills meant to ease sectional tensions between North and South after the Mexican–American War.
- Key provisions: California admitted as a free state; territorial organization of Utah and New Mexico with popular sovereignty (letting settlers decide slavery); a stricter Fugitive Slave Act; resolution of Texas boundary and debt issues; abolition of the slave trade (but not slavery) in Washington, D.C.

Step-by-step reasoning:
1. Read each answer option and recall the Compromise’s provisions.
2. Option: "popular sovereignty in Utah Territory" — matches the Compromise’s clause allowing territories (Utah and New Mexico) to decide slavery by vote. This is true and therefore not the exception.
3. Option: "a stronger Fugitive Slave Act" — the Compromise enacted the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which gave federal marshals authority to capture and return escaped enslaved people. This is true and not the exception.
4. Option: "admission of California as a free state" — California was admitted as a free state under the Compromise. This is true and not the exception.
5. Option: "admission of New Mexico as a slave state" — the Compromise did not admit New Mexico as a slave state. Instead, New Mexico was organized as a territory and left to popular sovereignty; it was not declared a slave state by federal statute.

Why the correct answer is correct:
The Compromise deliberately avoided imposing slavery on New Mexico; it left the decision to territorial settlers. Thus stating that the Compromise "established admission of New Mexico as a slave state" is false.

Why the other options are incorrect choices for "except":
- Popular sovereignty in Utah: explicitly included.
- Stronger Fugitive Slave Act: explicitly included.
- Admission of California as free state: explicitly included.

Conclusion: The statute not established by the Compromise of 1850 was the admission of New Mexico as a slave state, which matches the provided correct answer.

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